Lamp-wicks



UNITED sTATEs -PATENT OEETOE,g 1-

lR. CARLTON OVERTON, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

TUBE FOR RAISING- LAMP-WCKS.

Specicaton of Letters ylatent No. 5,912, dated November 7,1848. o

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be itfknown that I, R. CARLTON OVERTON, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented an Improvement in Lamp- Tubes, and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription 'of said improvement. I 4 l The nature of my invention consists yin making the tube or tubes .A A as shown in t-he drawing annexed, which containv the wicks of the` lamp, which tubes may be either round, square or Hat or other convenient form, to work or move insideofl the outer tubes B B, which are secured to the top of the lamp or tube holder C. The tubes A A and the wicks of the lamp -are'raised or depressed at pleasure, by means of small.

pins X X made fast tothe innerftubesA A working or moving up or down inthe slots 3/ y1 which tubes A A are held in any required position, by means of slitscut in the bottoms of the outer tubes B B, by reason of which, that portion of the tubes VVcan be pressed inward, previous gto inserting lthe tubes A A, so as 1 toy form springs or clips. acting upon the tubes A A, so asA to preventv their falling by their own specific gravity, andv retaining them in any given position,

thereby regulating the quantity oflight i required. l

l Ilhat I claimV as my invention'andkdesire to'seoureby Letters Patent is- The manner herein set forth ofconstructing thewick tubes so as to raise and lower the wicks' conveniently the same consisting 35 essentially of the concentric tubes the slot in theouter Atube and the pinvattached to the inner tube workingthrough the slot.

' R. CARLTON OVERTON. Witnesses: y y' JOHN AUG. BOGART,

GE@ C WALLEE 

